Maine residents between the ages of 50 and 59 become eligible for vaccination Tuesday, as the state enters the latest phase of the inoculation campaign.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 131 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday as well as two additional deaths. The 131 cases is among the lowest numbers reported by state health officials in nearly a month and reduces Maine’s seven-day, rolling average of new confirmed or probable infections to 200. At the same time, vaccination clinics across the state are slated to begin inoculating Maine residents between the ages of 50 and 59 on Tuesday for the first time. To date, the Maine CDC has tracked 48,773 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 since the coronavirus was first detected in the state last March.
